Dear V-Vs,


When I offer themes for monthly issues of V-V, they are always optional.  As inspiring as they might be, themes can also limit creativity; and anyhow I don't want issues that consist of one poem after another about the same subject (regardless of its variation).  It gets boring.  I need some variety.

The optional theme for June was TWO.  Whence?  June is the month of weddings.  (Oddly enough I got poems about marriages — but few — if any — about weddings.  Go figure.)

We'll take a rest from themes in July.  It's time to have a completely open issue. So let your inspiration be boundless.  Please remember that I accept submissions only during the first two weeks of the month prior to the issue month, e.g., during the first two weeks in June for the July issue.

V-V is doing very well.  Yes, of course the poems are excellent.  But I am talking about our community, our family, our village.  Much interaction is happening between poets.  Good friendships abound; new ones are constantly being made. Also I have heard from quite a few of the less-experienced poets that you have acted as mentors to them.  Now THAT really makes me happy.  These are the things which separate Verse-Virtual from the literary-journal establishment.

Thanks for your care and your enthusiasm and your help.

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Sincerely yours,
Firestone






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